Field Notes

Periodic commentary reacting to new data and developments across the three threads this project follows. Written and reviewed by Eugene Andrie Merwe-Chartier — see About.

The gap thought leadership can't close

AI has made confident commentary about the future of work nearly free to produce. That is exactly why evidence, not polish, is the only thing worth publishing now.

The entry ramp is narrowing before the unemployment numbers move

What the Anthropic Economic Index actually shows about junior hiring, and why that is a different problem to 'AI is taking jobs.'

Below the abstraction layer, three months on

The EU AI Act's August 2026 deadline, C2PA adoption, and credential-fraud numbers, read together as one story.